Press Release

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 27, 2012--
Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, and Tier
3, the enterprise cloud platform provider, today announced a
partnership to create an enterprise-ready gateway to the cloud by
offering Tier 3’s Enterprise
Cloud Platform via Equinix
International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers. The
partnership enables enterprise customers to take advantage of the
business agility and cost efficiency cloud technologies offer by using
Tier 3’s enterprise-grade Infrastructure as a Service across Platform
Equinix™. Initially, Tier 3’s solution will be available in
Equinix’s Chicago and New York data centers with plans to expand
globally, first into Europe and later to Asia.

“Platform Equinix provides secure, scalable and highly interconnected
data center services across 38 strategic global markets. Our network
choice combined with access to a wide array of leading cloud services
solutions, gives customers a rich environment to build and integrate
private, public, and hybrid cloud solutions,” said Chris Sharp, general
manager, cloud and content for Equinix. “Our partnership with Tier 3
further strengthens Equinix’s position as the destination of choice for
enterprise cloud deployments through high availability, security and
business continuity required for a hybrid or virtual private cloud
solution.”

Tier 3 serves the enterprise market with a public cloud solution known
for its high-availability and built-in business continuity, as well as
security features that enable isolated environments for each customer.
Through a secure, cross connect, customers inside Equinix data centers
will be able to quickly deploy a Virtual Private Cloud solution from
Tier 3. This creates an extension of the customer’s enterprise,
transforming the public cloud into a virtual private environment that
meets IT’s stringent requirements for security and compliance.

“2012 is a tipping point year for hybrid cloud adoption as businesses
move production workloads to the cloud. Virtual private cloud offerings
such as the one created by the combination of high availability and
security in Tier 3’s enterprise cloud and the high performance, low
latency connectivity of Platform Equinix, are uniquely positioned to
serve this growing demand,” said Adam
Wray, president and chief executive officer at Tier 3.

Tier 3 brings enterprise-class cloud services to enterprises globally
via its Federated Cloud. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company provides an
enterprise-grade virtual private cloud software platform, enhanced by a
framework-agnostic cloud orchestration layer to enable IT automation and
agility. Architected for security, risk mitigation and high availability
― with 99.999% SLA at all layers and disaster recovery in every
deployment — Tier 3 Federated Cloud services are optimized for
production environments and mission-critical applications. For more
information, visit www.tier3.com

About Equinix

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects businesses with partners and
customers around the world through a global platform of high performance
data centers, containing dynamic ecosystems and the broadest choice of
networks. Platform Equinix connects more than 4,000 enterprises, cloud,
digital content and financial companies including more than 690 network
service providers to help them grow their businesses, improve
application performance and protect their vital digital assets. Equinix
operates in 38 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and
Asia-Pacific and continually invests in expanding its platform to power
customer growth. http://www.equinix.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that
might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the
challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and
developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated
costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have
acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant
revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers;
failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to
time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or
outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key
customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see
Equinix’s recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from
Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking information contained in this press release.